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Gaines Mill
T2-SE-A1
"Gaines Mill" during th war, outbound, January 19th, 1944.(Photo US Coast Guard)
"Gaines Mill" docked in Wilmington, California, ca. 1960.( Photo Copyright Robert Muirhead, Los Angeles Martime Museum )
"Gaines Mill", in Mobil Oil finery, location and date unknown.
( Photo copyright WSS )
"Gaines Mill", in Mobil Oil finery, source, location and date unknown.
"Gaines Mill", while underway in the 1970s, source unknown.
"Gaines Mill", while underway in Port of Vancouver waters in the 1970s, source unknown.
"Gaines Mill", in the Port of Los Angeles, July 23rd, 1974.(Photo Capt. H. H. Calhoun)
"Gaines Mill", sailing under the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the Port of Los Angeles, July 23rd, 1974.(Photo Capt. H. H. Calhoun)
"Gaines Mill", in a port, March 19th, 1974.
(Photo Capt. H. H. Calhoun)
"Gaines Mill".
GAINES MILL, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 262. UMSC No. 371. Official nr. 244464.
Keel laid 08-07-1943. Launched 09-10-1943. Completed 23-10-1943. Gr. 10195 t., Net. 6209 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,23 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachussetts. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW., Speed 15 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
GAINES MILL-1943 for Chas. Kurz & Company Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
Additional Reports:
Reported Gaines Mill lengthened by replacement of cargo section with new midbody built 1958, by Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama.
New Dimensions 7 Tanks, 174.4 / 168.1 x 22.9 m, 12179 grt / 19789 dwt.
Reported Gaines Hill Capsized while in tow, south of Kaohsiung 25 Jul.1977, drove aground on Kaohsiung harbour breakwater, arriving Kaohsiung in tow from San Francisco for scrapping, wreck scrapped.
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